A&E wait times continue to grow as SNP sits idly by

Responding to new figures showing that only 64.1% of patients attending A&E were seen within the 4 hour target last week, Scottish Liberal Democrat leader and health spokesperson Alex Cole-Hamilton said:

“The crisis in Scotland's A&E departments continues to get worse, yet we are seeing next to no action from this SNP government.

"Sadly it seems continuity government means continuity crisis. We need to see urgent action from Michael Matheson to resolve the crisis in our A&E departments that was left to him by Humza Yousaf.

"That should start by dropping his government's opposition to our constructive proposals such as an urgent inquiry into the hundreds of avoidable deaths linked to the emergency care crisis, a staff burnout prevention strategy and a health and social care staff assembly.